Epicor® Service Connect

Volume and Experience

We have developed Epicor® service connect solutions for versions: Epicor Vantage 8, Epicor 9 and Epicor 10

We have a library of over 200 service connect solutions

Using CSV of XML we use this tool as a “plug-in” as an interface with applications/data that come from non-Epicor systems

We have experience with the web services associated with the service connect workflows

We have developed simple to extremely complex workflows

We can replicate nearly any Epicor® process/procedure utilizing this tool

We are Epicor® service connect consultants

We can help you with Epicor® service connect installations

Anything you do in Epicor® can be automated through Service Connect®. This ability allows you to merge your Epicor® system with an external system (or business process). You can generate records in Epicor® on a massive scale while still being governed by the Epicor® system’s business intelligence. Below are some examples to show you how Service Connect® works and what it can do for your business.

READ OUR EXAMPLES BELOW

PTS: Update Customer Records
Using an Excel File and Verify Them

What we did:We created an Epicor® Service Connect® solution that not only automated data entry, but it generated a .CSV file that was then sent to the customer to verify the accuracy of those changes.

Why? This customer’s sales team would use Excel while traveling. The team would take many notes, and frequently those notes consisted of changes to customer information. After the team would return, they would manually update their customer information using these notes, and sometimes they were inaccurate.

Q.How is this helpful for you?

A. This Service Connect® solution exemplifies how it’s possible to increase your productivity by eliminating unnecessary data entry. Not only did Service Connect® elimante the need for data entry, but it also increased the integrity of the data by verifying the changes with the customer. Service Connect® can be used in many ways; not only can it create files but it can also automatically email them. It’s also important to note that Service Connect® can stop the processing of data until verification is received from an individual, a group of individuals, or by another automated Service Connect® process.

This workflow contains a poster. This poster is what generates the .CSV file that will be sent to the customer for verification.

PTS: Create Order Header and Order Lines
from a .CSV File

What we did:Created a Service Connect® solution that used a .CSV file to create orders and their lines.

Why? This customer purchased a smaller company that used their own Legacy system. They needed the orders from this company to be entered into Epicor® and doing this manually was not feasible.

Q.How is this helpful for you?

A. This is a good example of merging Epicor® with an external system. Using the power of xml, Service Connect® can integrate any system with Epicor®.

Using the data from the .CSV file, this workflow creates the Order Header information and saves it to Epicor®. This is where we “call” the workflow below that creates the Order Lines. Service Connect® adheres to all of the business logic in Epicor®.

This workflow cycles through each line that is to be added to the Epicor® database checking each to ensure they adhere to the business logic of Epicor®.

PTS: Auto-Ship and Invoice Sales Orders
Using a .CSV File

What we did:Our customer was recently joined with a parent company that had their own Warehouse Management System (WMS). Once a product was considered received by the WMS system a .CSV file containing order information was sent to them. We used the .CSV file’s order information to automatically create customer shipment records, flag them as “Ready to Invoice” and finally we invoiced the order as well. All of this was done automatically by our Service Connect® solution.

Q.How is this helpful for you?

A. This example shows how you can automate complex business processes such as creating an invoice or shipment. If you are merging with another company that uses a standardized way of processing data, a Service Connect® solution can bridge that gap. Best of all, once your Service Connect® solution is finalized the process is fully automated, letting you get back to what you do best.

This conversion is just one of over 20 needed to build this Service Connect® solution. It is simply validating the order information coming from the .CSV file.

PTS: Merge an Excel Sheet
with an Epicor® User Defined Table

What we did:This customer had a very impressive Excel sheet. This sheet was so complex that it was essentially a stand-alone program in itself. They used this sheet as an aide to their business process, and it was essential that they continue to use it. They also wanted all of the data from this sheet to be available in Epicor®. They built a process in their Excel sheet that would export an .xml file. After exporting the file, they needed the information to be inserted into the Epicor® database immediately. Service Connect® can do just that; we created a solution that automatically updated a UDTable using the values taken from the Excel Sheet.

Q.How is this helpful for you?

A. Many of our customers use Excel often and for good reason. These same customers wish there was an easy way to get the Excel data into the Epicor® system. Well, Service Connect® was practically built for this purpose; it can update any table with Epicor®. Don’t let your business waste time manually entering in data that comes from an Excel sheet. Service Connect® can do it for you in the blink of an eye.

The formatting for this conversion was rather complex. Here we see a group of fields being converted into Boolean values (true/false).

“I do want to say I have been very impressed with PTS and in helping us deal with this problem. (Our consultant) has been great and I know he hasn’t been alone in assisting us on this. Your help is greatly appreciated, and PTS is a great partner.”

— General Formulations

“We have been using Practical Technology Solutions for about 8 months now to augment my 1 person Epicor staff. We are using PTS to help us with screen changes, report development, BAQ/BPM development, performance advice, solution design, system integration, and functional consulting. We have been very happy with their work. They have always been clear about work estimates and stayed within them. Their technical quality has been excellent and their cost reasonable. PTS has always been able to address our requirements even in emergency situations. I would recommend PTS as a partner for Epicor technical services and continue to use them. “

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Kadant Black Clawson, Inc.

“We don’t have a traditional IT department…… I’ve worked with a few different consultants over the last 3 years, after I found Practical Technical Solutions (An independent professional services provider), I will always go to them first with a need. They got to my projects in short order, knew exactly what I was talking about most of the time and if they didn’t, it was easy to explain to them what I needed. The rate is better and the work is more efficient than I have found elsewhere. I would highly recommend PTS (An independent professional services provider) to anyone using Epicor®.”

Disclosure: Practical Technology Solutions LLC is a provider of Epicor® professional services and has no affiliation or partnership with Epicor® or SAP. Epicor® and Vantage® are trademearks of Epicor®. Crystal Reports® is a trademark of SAP.

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